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You could be entitled to get tax back from Belgium for a number of reasons including if:

You worked in Belgium during the whole calendar year

Your annual income is under the tax-free allowance

Your Belgian income is more than 75% of your annual worldwide income

Estimate your Belgian Tax Refund now

Did you know that Belgium has one of the highest tax rates in Europe? If you have worked in Belgium, you could be eligible to claim back a substantial tax refund.

Belgian Tax Refunds for Students

Taxes are something you shouldn’t have to worry about until you get older, right? Well, if you’re working in Belgium, even as a student you could be charged up to 57% income tax. That’s a lot but fortunately, you could be entitled to a substantial tax refund.

Students in Belgium may be due a tax refund if:

Their annual income is under the tax-free allowance

Their Belgian income is more than 75% of your annual worldwide income

They are registered as a full time student outside Belgium

They worked for less than a year

Taxback.com will check all your individual circumstances to see if you’re owed tax back from Belgium. We’ll also make sure you avail of all the reliefs and deductions you’re eligible for.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

?When can I get my tax back?

You can claim your tax back after the end of the tax year. The Belgian tax year runs from January 1st until December 31st, so you can claim your tax refund any time after that.

?How much money will I get back?

The amount of money you get back will depend on several factors such as:

How much you earned in Belgium

Whether you earned other money outside of Belgium

How long you worked for

How many reclaimable expenses you incurred

We will take all your individual factors into consideration to make sure we get you the maximum legal tax refund possible. Our average customer gets a tax refund of €2300; how much could you get? Use our FREE online calculator to see!

?How long will it take to receive my Belgian tax refund?

On average, it takes around nine months to get your tax refund – sometimes longer, sometimes shorter; the length of time depends on each individual case. Don’t worry though; as soon as we get your refund, you’ll get your refund. You can even keep an eye on how your refund’s progressing in your online Tax Tracker account.

Here are the steps we have to go through:

Review your application

Estimate your refund

Complete your forms and other documents

Send them to the tax office

Contact them regularly to make sure your refund’s on the way!

?It seems like my tax refund is taking a long time. What’s going on?

Waiting is frustrating but occasionally delays may arise with the Belgian tax office. While your tax refund is outstanding, we’ll contact them frequently to get updates on the status. Any time we get news or an update from the Belgian tax office, we’ll pass it on to you immediately and add it to your Tax Tracker.

?What are the advantages of using Taxback.com?

You don’t have to worry about the Belgian tax code – we’ll do it for you

Multi-lingual support

Choice of currency

?How much will it cost?

It will cost you 12.5% of your total refund amount + handling fee (minimum €62.50). This handling fee enables us to provide you with all the services you love, such as:

Live chat

Your online tracker account

Constant phone, fax and email services

Tax technicians

Tax researchers and a legal team to keep up to date with the latest tax law and the best way to get your maximum legal tax refund

?Oops - I lost my documents/ I never got my documents – what do I do?

Don’t worry about it. For a small fee, we can get them for you. Just email Belgium@taxback.com to let us know and we’ll track them down.

?What is a Loonfiche 281.10/Fiche de Remuneration 281.10?

This is the official form you get from your employer at the end of the tax year outlining your total pay and total tax withheld. You should get it by April of the following year – if you haven’t, let us know by emailing Belgium@taxback.com and we’ll track it down for you.

?I earned money outside of Belgium during the year – do I need to declare it?

Yes, the tax office will ask us for this information so you should let us know at the beginning of the process so we can include it on your tax return.

?Can I claim my Belgium tax refund myself?

You could, if you felt like wandering the internet for endless hours trying to figure out the tax code and find all the forms you need. That’s why taxback.com was created – to do all this for you. We’ve been doing this since 1996, so we’re really good at it!

?Can you guarantee that I'll get the refund amount you estimated for me?

No, we can’t, but our estimate is based on all the information you send us so it’s usually very close. In the end, the Belgian tax office has the final say about the size of the refund you get.

Filing your tax return means filing the document with the tax office that states your earnings, taxes paid, deductable expenses and allowances. The tax office reviews this and if you have overpaid taxes, you will be due a tax refund. A tax refund is money that is returned to you due to your overpayment of taxes, or you claiming tax deductible expenses. Our estimate of your refund is a prediction of what the tax office may decide to refund you when they review your tax return.

The average Belgian tax refund is €2300

Belgium has one of the highest tax rates in Europe so if you’ve been working there, you could be due a tax refund. The average Belgian tax refund is €2300 but you may get more or less than this depending on your individual circumstances. In order to check how much Belgian tax you will get back, we will gather some details like what job you worked at in Belgium, how long you worked for and how much tax you got paid. It’s free to get a Belgian tax refund estimation so check what you’re owed today.

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Useful Tax Facts

The Belgian tax year runs from January 1st until December 31st

If you incurred expenses through work, you may be entitled to claim these back

If you worked part-time alongside studying in Belgium, you could be due to claim a Belgian tax refund.

It takes around 9 months to get your tax back from Belgium so don’t delay and apply today!

If you've worked anywhere else, you may be due a tax refund

Find Out More

At taxback.com, we provide tax refunds for 16 different countries including Australia, the US, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. When we provide a Belgian tax refund for a customer, we also check if the person has worked anywhere else. Our record at the moment is held by one customer from Ireland who has used us to get tax refunds from five different countries! Find out more about the other countries we provide tax refund services for here.

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